Space heating demand and heatwave vulnerability: London domestic stock

Building Research and Information

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 583-597

  Mavrogianni, A ^a   Davies, M ^a   Chalabi, Z ^b   Wilkinson, P ^b   Kolokotroni, M ^c   Milner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building stock; Climate change; Domestic stock; Energy consumption; Geographic information system (GIS); Heat demand; Heat related mortality; Overheating; Sustainable planning; Urban heat Island

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STOCK; DOMESTIC STOCK; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEAT DEMAND; HEAT-RELATED MORTALITY; OVERHEATING; SUSTAINABLE PLANNING; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; SPACE HEATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 70349633173     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210903162597     Document Type: Article

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